These figures mean that The Weekend enjoyed the third biggest opening week of the year. Only Drake's Views and Beyonce's Lemonade enjoyed bigger debuts, shifting 1.04 million and 653,000 units respectively. 209,000 of The Weeknd's Starboy sales were traditional album sales.
Electronica Music. Q-asar artist X-Planation have just dropped their fourth single Crowd Control.

This track is an aggressive one, with plenty of big beats. Industrial, break-beat and techno elements combine in the song to create a memorable listening experience.
Trance house music. It's been a huge week for Deadmau5.

The king of house released his eighth LP W:/2016ALBUM/ today. To celebrate he did a live stream on YouTube performing several of the songs from the 12-track album.
House music download sites. Drake's "One Dance" is the first track to clock up one billion streams on Spotify, Billboard reported recently.

Back in October "One Dance", which features Wizkid and Kyla, surpassed Major Lazer's "Lean On" as the highest streamed song on the platform. The later song clocks in at 908 million steams. It seems Spotify users can't get enough of pop with a Caribbean touch. Drake is also the most steamed artist of 2016 of Spotify, with 4.7 billion streams to his name.

Ambient/folk artist Dreaming Waters releases stunning new single on Q-Asar. Dreaming Waters, Q-Asar's newest artist, brings a powerful voice to the table along with a unique genre-crossing sound.

She combines ambient, electronic and folk influences to create deeply moving original music. Taking inspiration from luminaries such as Sigur Rós, Vangelis and Radiohead, the Lithuanian performer is sure to be turn the heads of discerning music listeners worldwide. Dreaming Waters' debut single release on Q-Asar is "In the rest of your mind". The ambient/electronic song showcases her stunning vocals and writing talents. Her lyrics for the single are an exploration of the nature of consciousness and the interpretation of dreams and memories.
Select Species - X-Planation - [Q-Asar Music] – [Break-Beat, Industrial Music]
Architect - X-Planation - [Q-Asar Music] – [Dark Trance, Ambient Music]
Momentum - X-Planation - [Q-Asar Music] – [Chillout Music, Ambient Music]

Crowd Control – X-Planation – [Q Asar Music] – [Break Beat, Techno]
In the rest of your mind – Dreaming Waters – [Q Asar Music] – [Chillout Music, Vocal Ambient Music]
Drum beats Music. Former One direction member Louis Tomlinson's new single Just Hold On has hit number one on the iTunes charts for 41 countries. DJ Steve Aoki, who co-wrote and co-produced the track, announced the big news on his Twitter. It's quite an impact for Tomlinson's first solo single.
Electronica Music. Trance house music. The first trailer for Blade Runner 2049 has emerged and it showcases the first taste of Johann Johannsson's soundtrack for the film.

The sequel, due out on October 6, 2017, stars Ryan Gosling and original mainman Harrison Ford. The Icelandic composer has some big boots to fill, as of course the 1982 original features Vangelis's absolutely iconic ambient soundtrack. I'm not a big soundtrack listener in general but the work Vangelis did for that film is just stunning. Johannsson admits to big responsibility to uphold legacy of Blade Runner soundtrack Johannsson referenced the gravity of his task when speaking to the Directors Guild of America recently:

House music download sites. Jimmy Fallon had quite the musical line-up on The Tonight Show this week, with synthpop/indie duo Sylvan Esso performing and soul vocalist Janelle Monáe appearing for an interview.

Sylvan Esso, who hail from Durham, North Carolina, performed their single Radio. The song is cut from their Radio / Kick Jump Twist 12" single, which hit stores last month. You can stream it on Apple Music or pick up the vinyl here (it wouldn't be indie if the physical release wasn't vinyl exclusive).
Electric dance music. Björk fired off a salvo against media outlets which criticised her DJ set at Day For Night festival in Texas last weekend.

The experimental performer accused media commentators of sexism, saying "some media could not get their head around that I was not 'performing' and 'hiding' behind desks, and my male counterparts not. And I think this is sexism.
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